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Joshua Skaja

A Better Calendar For Gigging Musicians

I’m just as addicted to my phone as anyone else, but there’s one thing the phone unequivocally sucks for: getting a bird’s eye view of your…

Oct 26, 2017

A Better Calendar For Gigging Musicians

Oct 26, 2017

Joshua Skaja

7 Tip Jar Upgrades That’ll Make You More Money At Your Next Gig

I’ve been playing in bars for a decade and a half. Over the years, I’ve tweaked & experimented with my tip jar, trying to bring in that…

Sep 27, 2017

7 Tip Jar Upgrades That’ll Make You More Money At Your Next Gig

Sep 27, 2017

Joshua Skaja

Have a better gig & make more money with “song menus.”

Even after you’ve gotten your (literal) act together, you still have to teach the crowd how to behave at your show.

Sep 27, 2017

Have a better gig & make more money with “song menus.”

Sep 27, 2017

Joshua Skaja

I’m Rich. (So are you.)

The coffee came from Columbia. The apple I ate while cooking hailed from Michigan.

Aug 30, 2017

Aug 30, 2017

Joshua Skaja

Plus Minus Equal

Here’s an idea from Ryan Holliday.

Aug 30, 2017

Aug 30, 2017

Joshua Skaja

This guy has played for 83 million people and you’ve never heard of him.

Last night I walked down to Wrigley for the Cubs-Pirates game. Baseball is an old school game, and few ballparks do old school better than…

Aug 29, 2017

This guy has played for 83 million people and you’ve never heard of him.

Aug 29, 2017

Joshua Skaja

No one gets a tattoo of guitar tab.

I used to play in a band with a guy who ran a guitar shop. We would rehearse there after-hours.

Jul 27, 2017

Jul 27, 2017

Joshua Skaja

They’re all cover gigs.

A young guitarist sees legendary SNL bandleader/Bob Dylan sideman G.E. Smith at the airport.

Jul 13, 2017

Jul 13, 2017

Joshua Skaja

How To Hire Sidemen

For the moment, let’s set aside how you might meet these people, how you might find a gig that warrants bringing in hired guns, and how you…

Jul 7, 2017

How To Hire Sidemen

Jul 7, 2017

Joshua Skaja

The weekly gig, take two

In the last one of these things, I gushed about the magic of the weekly gig.

Jun 30, 2017

The weekly gig, take two

Jun 30, 2017

Joshua Skaja

Joshua Skaja

as seen on TV & in Seth Godin’s Purple Cow. guitarist for @understreetlamp. creator of GuitarOS. unfucking the way guitar is taught. http://FretboardAnatomy.com

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